Indian Telecom Industry is set for an attractive growth being the 2nd largest telecommunication market with 3rd highest number of internet users in the world. The Indian mobile economy is growing rapidly and will contribute substantially to India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to report prepared by GSM Association (GSMA) in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The country is the fourth largest app economy in the world. The must investment in new technologies will raise demand for the domain experts and hence creating great growth prospects for Telecom Managers. Here are few facts:

• The Indian telecom sector is expected to generate four million direct and indirect jobs over the next five years according to estimates by Randstad India. The employment opportunities are expected to be created due to combination of expected growth of penetration in rural areas and the rapid increase in smartphone sales and rising internet usage.
• International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts India to overtake US as the second-largest smartphone market globally by 2017 and to maintain high growth rate over the next few years as people switch to smartphones and gradually upgrade to 4G.
• Mobile data consumption in India surpassed the combined usage of the US and China in 2017.
• With latent demand for data fueling the digital economy, 2018 could be the growth year for the sector where investment of around Rs. 3 lakh crore is estimated to be made in next two years.
• The Indian telecom sector is second only to China with its massive subscriber base of 1.1 billion users
• According to the Telecom Secretary, Aruna Sundararajan, year 2017 was the year of consolidation for the sector. Next year will be a year of growth for the sector.
• Post consolidation the telcos may be better placed to invest in new technologies and recruit skilled hands, boosting job prospects. With consolidation, the telcos will get the benefit of synergy amongst their operations and the overall cost of operations are likely to come down, leading to increased margins. As told to Press Trust of India (PTI) by COAI's Director General, Rajan S Mathews.
• The industry has already gravitated towards Internet-based technology.
• The telcos will move to innovative business models. Converged services with voice telephony, wired and wireless broadband, and television services along with content, Internet of Things, financial payments, are likely to help in better revenue stream. As conveyed to PTI by Deloitte Haskins and Sells LLP, Partner, Hemant Joshi.
• Another area to watch out would access of satellite phone services for consumers especially during air travel. India's telecom sector is also expected to make significant progress for deployment of 5G services in 2018.
• With Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, drones and robots promising to fuel future demand for high-speed data, therefore, growth for telecom industry.

BITM, which is one of the sought after in the telecom sector both, amongst students and recruiters, offers tailor made telecom and IT courses to enable students manage the ever growing needs of the telecom sector, is one of the first institutes in the country to train managers for the technology industry. Here are 10 important reasons why should you be at BITM:

• Best Industry Institute Interface: BITM enjoys great industry interaction with large number of industry experts representing renowned organizations sharing their experiences. Their expertise and industry insight helps the institute to regularly update academic curriculum which is closest fit to the industry. Over 3000+ senior corporates have shared their rich experience with BITM students.
• Placement Opportunities: Campus Placement at Sri Balaji University (SBU) is one of the USPs of the society. BITM has achieved nearly 100% placements year after year. Sri Balaji University (SBU) has collaborated with Phillip Capital India for joint training and final placement of selected students of the Management Institutes of SBU with Phillip Capital India a leading financial services company, having branches in India and abroad.
• Combined placement for all the four management institutes of SBU saw more that 270 companies visiting campus by Jan 2018. The students are compatible and enabled to join all the sectors of industry such as Consumer Durables, Non-Durables, Services, Manufacturing, IT & ITES besides the niche segments of Telecom Sector such as IT & consulting companies, Research & Consulting, Service Providers, App and Gaming, Active & Passive Infrastructure, Digital Payments, BFSI and much more. and abroad.
• Specialization Options:  The MBA (Telecom) and MBA (Telecom Marketing) program offers four specializations- Telecom Management, Systems, Business Analytics, Operations & Supply Chain Management and Marketing
• Program Design:  The MBA (Telecom) at BITM is designed with a holistic approach to business management including general management, marketing, finance subjects.
• Faculty: Training is imparted by the best in the Telecom education and industry. Therefore, it’s only the best engineers who get into BITM and therefore, you share space with the best brains in the techno-management space.
• Recognition: PGDM (Telecom) is an AICTE approved Two Year Full-Time program in Management with focus on Telecom Management. Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has granted equivalence to MBA for PGDM (Telecom)
• SAP-MOU: Keeping in line with the demand for technology driven management, Sri Balaji Society has partnered with SAP India Pvt. Ltd. to provide SAP Global Certification to its MBA students specializing in Systems.
• Selection Process: Sri Balaji Society is breaking barriers in education through its selection process. The Society has devised its screening process wherein the performance in GD/PI/Essay rounds of selection, carries 65% weightage, while the management entrance score has 35% weightage. No bar for the CAT Score.  It has also been ranked as one of the robust selection processes by Business Today, Oct, 2017.
• 365 Days of Grooming: Time is money. Students go through rigorous training schedule for 365 days a year to become corporate ready
• Ranking:  Ranked Amongst Top 3 Telecom Management Institutes in India by Outlook B-School Survey; Ranked as top 3 B-Schools in Pune (Times of India B-School Survey, February 2019); Amongst top 5 in Pune for selection process by Business Today, Oct, 2017 and many more.

• Job prospects are great if one opts for MBA Telecom after Engineering. The four years of investment in engineering is a perfect platform to pursue the techno management qualification for good career take-off.
• As the Telecom industry is investing in new technologies, it requires more professionally groomed managers in diverse roles to lead the industry to newer heights. The Techno Managers will always have an upper edge with their management education in Telecom Management with engineering background.
• Some of the niche segments of Telecom sector are IT & Consulting organizations, Research & Consulting, Service Providers, App and Gaming, Active & Passive Infrastructure, Digital Payments, BFSI and much more.
• There are many career options for Telecom Management student. Placements for these students usually happen of for the roles - Consulting, Business Processes / Operations Consulting, Revenue management, Pre-Sales / Post Sales, Deployment Management, Vendor Management, Business Analysis, Research Analysis, Business Development – mainly B2B, Revenue/ Fraud Management, Project Management, Domain Specialist, MIS, Data Analytics, Supply Chain / Logistics, Quality and Security Management etc. in all the verticals including Telecom.
• The Telecom vertical covers range of organizations like IT & ITES (Infosys, TCS, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Tecnotree, Elitecore, Alepo, Capgemini, L&T Infotech, Sonata Softwares etc.) Service Providers (Jio, Airtel, Vodafone, Idea etc), Research & Consulting (Frost & Sullivan, CRISIL, Evalueserve, Netscribes, Netcore etc.), Active & Passive Infrastructure (Indus Towers, American Tower, Aksh Optifibre etc), Operations (Schindler India, Jio, Tata Teleservices etc.), BFSI (Bajaj Allianz), Regulatory Bodies like TRAI, other organizations like COAI, TCOE-India and many more. Besides few other industries such as BFSI, Research, Consulting etc. require telecom domain experts.
• It is also interesting to note that most of these organizations share background information of their representative involved the project with their client. Therefore, matching qualification adds in gaining confidence of the client.
• Hence, there is something of interest for every budding techno-manager and BITM students are trained to be compatible to join all the sectors of industry such as Consumer Durables, Non-Durables, Services, Manufacturing, IT & ITES besides the niche segments of Telecom Sector.

Preferred managerial job profiles in Telecom industry requires an engineering/ technical background as the industry is adapting new technologies and that too at fast pace. And, industry experts feel that it is extremely important to have good managerial skills backed by domain expertise. The general management education, therefore, is insufficient to develop the techno managerial skills required for the industry. Hence, the best option is to pursue Telecom Management.

 Increasingly more and more organizations in the industry wish to hire MBA graduates on whom they have to spend least amount of time and energy in training and that is why Telecom Management graduates become a preferred choice for campus placement, being industry ready.

In other words, your BE/ B.Tech. education can be seen as good foundation to pursue a techno managerial education- Telecom Management, ensuring your four years of engineering as a good investment.

Besides industry attractiveness is another very important reason why should you do MBA  in Telecom.

Indian Telecom Industry is set for an attractive growth being the 2nd largest telecommunication market with 3rd highest number of internet users in the world. The Indian mobile economy is growing rapidly and will contribute substantially to India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to report prepared by GSM Association (GSMA) in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The country is the fourth largest app economy in the world. The must investment in new technologies will raise demand for the domain experts and hence creating great growth prospects for Telecom Managers. Here are few facts:

• The Telecom sector is expected to open up four million direct and indirect jobs according to Randstad India.
• The employment opportunities are expected to be created due to combination of expected growth of penetration in rural areas and the rapid increase in smartphone sales and rising internet usage.
• International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts India to overtake US as the second-largest smartphone market globally by 2017 and to maintain high growth rate over the next few years as people switch to smartphones and gradually upgrade to 4G.
•  Mobile data consumption in India surpassed the combined usage of the US and China in 2017.
• With latent demand for data fueling the digital economy, 2018 could be the growth year for the sector where investment of around Rs.3 lakh crore is estimated to be made in next two years.
• The Indian telecom sector is second only to China with its massive subscriber base of 1.1 billion users
• According to the Telecom Secretary, Aruna Sundararajan, year 2017 was the year of consolidation for the sector. Next year will be a year of growth for the sector.
• Post consolidation the telcos may be better placed to invest in new technologies and recruit skilled hands, boosting job prospects. With consolidation, the telcos will get the benefit of synergy amongst their operations and the overall cost of operations are likely to come down, leading to increased margins. As told to Press Trust of India (PTI) by COAI's Director General, Rajan S Mathews.
• The industry has already gravitated towards Internet-based technology.
• The telcos will move to innovative business models. Converged services with voice telephony, wired and wireless broadband, and television services along with content, Internet of Things, financial payments, are likely to help in better revenue stream. As conveyed to PTI by Deloitte Haskins and Sells LLP, Partner, Hemant Joshi.
• Another area to watch out would access of satellite phone services for consumers especially during air travel. India's telecom sector is also expected to make significant progress for deployment of 5G services in 2018.
• With Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, drones and robots promising to fuel future demand for high-speed data, therefore, growth for telecom industry.

There are many career options for Telecom Management students. Placements for these students usually happen for the roles - Consulting, Business Processes / Operations Consulting, Revenue management, Pre-Sales / Post Sales, Deployment Management, Vendor Management, Business Analysis, Research Analysis, Business Development – mainly B2B, Revenue/ Fraud Management, Project Management, Domain Specialist, MIS, Data Analytics, Supply Chain / Logistics, Quality and Security Management etc. in all the verticals including Telecom. Besides few other industries such as BFSI, Research, Consulting etc. require telecom domain experts.

The Telecom vertical covers range of organizations like IT & ITES (Infosys, TCS, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Tecnotree, Elitecore, Alepo, Capgemini, L&T Infotech, Sonata Softwares etc.) Service Providers (Jio, Airtel, Vodafone, Idea etc.), Research & Consulting (Frost & Sullivan, CRISIL, Evalueserve, Netscribes, Netcore etc.), Active & Passive Infrastructure (Indus Towers, American Tower, Aksh Optifibre, NSN etc.), Operations (Schindler India, Jio, Tata Teleservices etc.), Regulatory Bodies like TRAI, other organizations like COAI, TCOE-India and many more.

You need to bring your admit card to the GD/PI centre.

• Hostel seats are available on first-come first-serve basis.
• Hostel accommodation is available to almost all the female candidates in the first year. A good number of seats are also available for the male candidates.
• However, those who are not able to secure a hostel seat do find accommodation in PG/flats in the vicinity of the college, which are in plenty.